System for inquiring, gathering, privately storing, brokering, and requesting deletion of personal data from third party entities

Abstract

This disclosure describes a system for managing personal information of a user that is stored on a third-party server. The system requests personal information for a user stored on a third-party server. The system receives the personal information for the user from the third-party server. The system markets the personal information for the user on behalf of the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 requesting, by one or more processors of a computing device, personal information for a user stored on a third-party server;   receiving, by the one or more processors, the personal information for the user from the third-party server; and   marketing, by the one or more processors, the personal information for the user on behalf of the user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 sending, by the one or more processors, a request to the third-party server for the third-party server to delete the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 monitoring, by the one or more processors, the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server to confirm that the third-party server deleted the personal information for the user.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein sending the request to the third-party server for the third-party server to delete the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server comprises one or more of:
 outputting, by the one or more processors, a set of instructions for the user to follow to send the request to the third-party server; and   automatically requesting, by the one or more processors, that the third-party server delete the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server using local user information stored on the computing device to create the request.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein requesting the personal information for the user comprises one or more of:
 outputting, by the one or more processors, a set of instructions for the user to follow to send a request for the personal information for the user to the third-party server; and   automatically requesting, by the one or more processors, that the third-party server send the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server to using local user information stored on the computing device to create the request.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 prior to requesting the personal information for the user, determining, by the one or more processors, an identity of an individual that initiated requesting the personal information for the user to verify that the individual is either the user or a guardian for the user.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein determining the identity of the individual comprises performing, by the one or more processors, an identity check process that includes one or more of:
 a driver's license confirmation;   a photo identification card confirmation;   a username and password check;   biometric authentication;   address authentication using a global positioning system;   multi-factor authentication using one or more of an email messaging service, a text messaging service, a short messaging service, or an authentication application;   a security question check; and   a personal identification number (PIN) check.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 training, by the one or more processors, an artificial intelligence model using the personal information for the user;   using, by the one or more processors, the artificial intelligence model to curate personal data stored in data objects; and   using, by the one or more processors, the artificial intelligence model to personalize a computerized avatar for the user.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the personal information for the user from the third-party server comprises one or more of:
 receiving, by the one or more processors, the personal information for the user directly from the third-party server via direct transmission;   receiving, by the one or more processors, the personal information for the user via a peer-to-peer transmission;   monitoring, by the one or more processors, an email account associated with the user for an email message that includes the personal information in a body portion of the email message or as an attachment in the email message and extracting the personal information from the email message; and   receiving, by the one or more processors, the personal information for the user via an upload from a physical device, operably connected to the computing device, that includes the personal information.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further wherein marketing the personal information comprises:
 receiving, by the one or more processors, an indication of user input providing one or more user marketing preferences;   uploading, by the one or more processors, the one or more user marketing preferences and the personal information for the user to a clearinghouse server;   removing, by the clearinghouse server, personally identifiable information from the personal information to create an anonymous profile for the user including the one or more user marketing preferences, wherein the anonymous profile is one of a plurality of anonymous profiles, and wherein each anonymous profile of the plurality of anonymous profiles is associated with a different user;   receiving, by the clearinghouse server, a request for the plurality of anonymous profiles from a marketer;   sending, by the clearinghouse server, the plurality of anonymous profiles to the marketer;   receiving, by the clearinghouse server, an indication of a subset of anonymous profiles from the plurality of anonymous profiles, wherein each anonymous profile of the subset of anonymous profiles is associated with a user that the marketer is requesting to provide advertisements to, wherein the subset of anonymous profiles includes the anonymous profile for the user;   sending, by the clearinghouse server, the personally identifiable information for each of subset of anonymous profiles, including the personally identifiable information for the anonymous profile of the user, to the marketer with a request for a payment;   receiving, by the clearinghouse server, the payment from the marketer; and   distributing, by the clearinghouse server, at least a portion of the payment to a payment account of the user and to a payment account of each user associated with an anonymous profile of the subset of anonymous profiles.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the payment account of the user comprises a bank account or an online wallet provided by the clearinghouse server. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more user marketing preferences comprise one or more of:
 a list of specific marketers that the user wishes to market their personal data to;   a list of specific marketers that the user wishes to hide their personal data from;   a list of genres of marketers that the user wishes to market their personal data to;   a list of genres of marketers that the user wishes to hide their personal data from;   a limit for a number of marketers that the user wishes to sell their personal data to over a given period of time; and   a minimum price threshold that the user requires from marketers to sell their personal data.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein uploading the personal information to the clearinghouse server comprises:
 removing, by the one or more processors, the personally identifiable information from the personal information for the user prior to uploading the personal information to the clearinghouse server.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 monitoring, by the one or more processors, a group of one or more third-party services to determine what personal information for the user is stored on each of the third-party services of the group of one or more third-party services.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 verifying, by the one or more processors and based on locally stored user information, that the personal information for the user stored on each of the third-party services of the group of one or more third-party services is accurate; and   issuing, by the one or more processors and to a first third party service of the group of one or more third-party services, a request to update any personal information on the first third party service that is inaccurate.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 generating, by the one or more processors, a privacy report based on the determination of what personal information for the user is stored on each of the third-party services of the group of one or more third-party services; and   outputting, by the one or more processors, the privacy report.   
     
     
         17 . A computing device comprising:
 a memory; and   one or more processors configured to:
 request personal information for a user stored on a third-party server; 
 receive the personal information for the user from the third-party server; and 
 market the personal information for the user on behalf of the user. 
   
     
     
         18 . The computing device of  claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 send a request to the third-party server for the third-party server to delete the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server; and   monitor the personal information for the user stored on the third-party server to confirm that the third-party server deleted the personal information for the user.   
     
     
         19 . The computing device of  claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors being configured to market the personal information for the user comprises the one or more processors being configured to:
 receive an indication of user input providing one or more user marketing preferences;   upload the one or more user marketing preferences and the personal information for the user to a clearinghouse server;   cause one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to remove personally identifiable information from the personal information to create an anonymous profile for the user including the one or more user marketing preferences, wherein the anonymous profile is one of a plurality of anonymous profiles, and wherein each anonymous profile of the plurality of anonymous profiles is associated with a different user;   cause the one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to receive a request for the plurality of anonymous profiles from a marketer;   cause the one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to send the plurality of anonymous profiles to the marketer;   cause the one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to receive an indication of a subset of anonymous profiles from the plurality of anonymous profiles, wherein each anonymous profile of the subset of anonymous profiles is associated with a user that the marketer is requesting to provide advertisements to, wherein the subset of anonymous profiles includes the anonymous profile for the user;   cause the one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to send the personally identifiable information for each of subset of anonymous profiles, including the personally identifiable information for the anonymous profile of the user, to the marketer with a request for a payment;   cause the one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to receive the payment from the marketer; and   cause the one or more processors of the clearinghouse server to distribute at least a portion of the payment to a payment account of the user and to a payment account of each user associated with an anonymous profile of the subset of anonymous profiles.   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to:
 request personal information for a user stored on a third-party server;   receive the personal information for the user from the third-party server; and   market the personal information for the user on behalf of the user.